Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Jafari Law Group, Inc.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 9 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Jafari Law Group, Inc. has managed 467 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm currently has 7 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate pct of 89.46.

Prosecution at the firm involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.18. This 3.18 figure provides a basis for practitioners to anticipate the number of examiner interactions required in the Chemistry & Materials sector. The 89.46 resolved allowance rate pct reflects the proportion of cases that reached allowance relative to the 467 career applications. The 7 pending office actions represent the current cases awaiting a USPTO response.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=467 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.5%
Allowance Rate
n=467
+0.73σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=467
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=280
-0.18σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=280
828 days
Time to Allowance
n=280
+9.7pp
Interview Lift
n=467
28.1%
RCE Rate
n=467
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=467

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.0%
§101 Overcome
n=37
75.9%
§102 Overcome
n=137
79.9%
§103 Overcome
n=239
79.9%
§112 Overcome
n=149

Specialization & Scale

B33Y, B29C, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
24%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=467
2
Practitioners
n=467
233.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=467

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

4
Hard (36%)
7
Medium (64%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only4 (36%)
§102 only2 (18%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (27%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
45% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 3 62.6% +22.0%
LUK, EMMANUEL S 1 71.5% +26.3%
LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM 1 100.0% +0.0%
WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 1 14.3% +100.0%
LEE, MICHELLE J 1 39.8% +60.2%
NELSON, JAMEL M 1 74.8% +15.9%
NELSON, MATTHEW M 1 57.9% +23.9%
MIRABITO, MICHAEL PAUL 1 37.8% +6.3%
DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1 70.2% +26.2%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18370105 HARDENED BUILD PLATFORM FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS NELSON, JAMEL M 11d overdue
18088472 ORTHODONTIC BRACKET AND BRACKET SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD MIRABITO, MICHAEL PAUL 14d
18764335 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DENTAL MODELS LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM 16d
18382818 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE —
18370326 PROTECTIVE ORAL APPLIANCE LEE, MICHELLE J —

Interview Candidates (9)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19245136 KIT AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING EXISTING THREE DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 53d overdue
18370105 HARDENED BUILD PLATFORM FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS NELSON, JAMEL M 11d overdue
19059144 MULTI-MATERIAL PRINTING RESERVOIR AND PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 6d
18114537 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING NELSON, MATTHEW M 26d
17975024 SUBSTRATES AND SPACERS FOR USE WITHIN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 27d
19245123 CARTRIDGE WITH BUILT-IN RESERVOIR AND BUILD PLATE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES ROBITAILLE, JOHN P —
19204174 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING LUK, EMMANUEL S —
18382818 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
SprintRay, Inc. 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17435
37722
26141
37861
21871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19245136 KIT AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING EXISTING THREE DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES Sprintray, Inc. ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §102 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2025
19245123 CARTRIDGE WITH BUILT-IN RESERVOIR AND BUILD PLATE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES Sprintray, Inc. ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2025
19204174 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Sprintray Inc. LUK, EMMANUEL S §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2025
19059144 MULTI-MATERIAL PRINTING RESERVOIR AND PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES Sprintray, Inc. ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 20, 2025
18764335 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DENTAL MODELS Sprintray, Inc. LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM 2614 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jul 04, 2024
18382818 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Sprintray, Inc. WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 23, 2023
18370326 PROTECTIVE ORAL APPLIANCE Sprintray, Inc. LEE, MICHELLE J 3786 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18370105 HARDENED BUILD PLATFORM FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEMS Sprintray, Inc. NELSON, JAMEL M 1743 §102§103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2023
18114537 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DENTAL APPLIANCES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Sprintray Inc. NELSON, MATTHEW M 3772 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18088472 ORTHODONTIC BRACKET AND BRACKET SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD Sprintray Inc. MIRABITO, MICHAEL PAUL 2187 §101§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 23, 2022
17975024 SUBSTRATES AND SPACERS FOR USE WITHIN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY Sprintray Inc. DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 27, 2022

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